The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-09
SUNDAY OCTOBER 1887 SIXTEEN PAGES

featured in the Territory, and many O.
| these articles in sufficient quantities
TO supply the local demand and to eX.
port TO some extent. 1t is an encOur
aging feature in the most of these en-.
terpriSes that those engaged in then
are seeking to enlarge their facilities
with the view to increase their produc-
ton. We have large number OF
children growing up among as who
should be furnished with opportuni-
ties to acquire skill in mechanism,
manufactures, and other pursuits
which are necessary for the comfort
of man. 1t is not only incumbent upon
| parents to seek for avenues of prof
liable employment for their children,
| but it should be kept in view by the
leading men of the Church in all our
| settlements. An idle mans brain, it
| is said, is the DEVILS workshop, and
| no community can prosper and main
tain high standard of morality that
does not furnish employment for its
members. Far better TO work for low
wages than not to work at all. But
with proper care, and by putting in
use the experience that many indivld-
udlsiin every settlement possess, there
need be no want of remuneratiye en-
ployment for the rising generation,
and for others who may come in from
abroad. 1t may not always be kept.
in mad, yetit is fact, that any per-
centage of idle persons in commu-
nifty is direct loss TO the whole.
1t is unfortunate, also, for
community, when the young
and enterpriSlpg are compelled
to leave 1t and go elsewhere to find
employment or room for the exercise
of the talent of which they feel them
selves possessed. Settlements that
are in this situation will languish and
go to decay, while others that furnish
facilities for employment will become
thrifty and prosperous. The combi
nation of capital by means of coop
Grafton would, in many instances, en-
able settlements to start branches of
manufacture and conduct them sue
cessfuily. Chimerical schemes, how
ever, should not be encouraged, as
their failure destroys confidence and
makes 1t more difficult to obtain aid
for worthy enterprises which might be
made successful. Where co-0pera-
ton has failed among US, it has not
Oeen because the principle is defect
i've, but because of mismanagement,
sometimes from ignorance and care
lesSness, and sometimes, perhaps, from
selhshneSS.
Our country abounds in useful ele-
mems. We have fertile soil, when
properly cultivated, and an admirable
climate. Grains, fruits, and vegeta
5les, as well as all kinds of stock, can
be raised here, and as superior in
quality as can be found anywhere Oh
the earth. Care should be taken to
raise the very best varieties Our
well as our grams, and fruits, and
vegetables, should be of the very
best kinds, and no pains should be
spared to keep them pare. Our sys-
tenn of irrigation does not admit
of the cultivation of la ge areas of
land. Our farms are moderate in eX-
tent. This being the case, they should
be cultivated in the most approved
style, and the whole business coz
neCted with farm should be con
Quoted IN manner to bring the best
result 8. AS facilities Tor education
increase, there undoubtedly will be q
marked Improvement in the manage
ment of all these breaches of bust
ness.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
IPis gratifying to notice the interest
that Is being taken among US IN eddca-
ton; yet there is great room for i'm
prOvement. As the taste for what may
DE called bOOk-leaTning increases,
manual labor should not be neglected. |
Tue education OF the mind aud the |
Of the body should go hand |
in hand. 4 skiliful brain should be |
Joined with sklllful hand. Manual |
labor should be dignitied among US |
and always be made honorable. The |
tendency, which is too common in |
these days, for young men to get q |
of education and then |
think themselves unsuited for |
suits is one that should not be allowed |
as society is RoW organic I'd, )
that the professions, as they are |
termed, should receive attention. But |
every one should make 1t matter of |
pride TO be g producer, a9d BOT
consumer alone. Our children s ould |
BE- taught to sustain themselves by
their own industry and skill, and not |
only to do this, but to help sustain
others, and that TO do this by honest
toll Is one of tie most honorable |
means which God has furnished to his
children here on the earth. The sub |
Jet of the proper education Of the |
yoGto OF Zion Is one OF the greatest /
President Brigham Young during his |
lifetime established schools in Provo |
AND Logan, where the principles of the |
Gospel have beer taught in connection |
with other branches of education, and |
more recently similar schools have
been commenced, and conducted with |
marked success; in Salt Lake, Beaver |
and Fillmore Cities.
The good results arising from teach |
ngs received in the Provo and Logan |
Academies are very apparent and |
pleasing to all who have the interests
If the young at heart, and we regret |
hat such institutions are so limited Ia
NUMBER.
Through the interchangeable labors of
Professors Karl G. Mseser, J L. Stew
Irt and tReir associates, these schools
ave done, and are new doing, q great
YORK in educational advancement, by
nstilling q knowledge of the princi-
,les of tie Gospel Of life and saliva
ion into the minds of our children,
lp0n whose shoulders the Kingdom of
Ied must rest in the near future.
We trust 1t will not be long before
schools OF this kind will be established
a every city ana village where the
Iatter-day Saints reside. In the
however, the Saints should